The fact we create and fund charter schools that graduate fewer than 30 seniors a year... That ought to be a question for the special select committee on funding.
Is it efficient? Is this charter, and many others like it that are under-enrolled.. Should these be supported by the state, given budgetary constraints?
And, of course, why would two state officials attend something that has yielded as few as two-dozen graduates? It does seem like a slap in the face to schools that graduate 400, 600 seniors every year.
But this isn't about the kids, right? It's about election year job security.

Heavy hitters are planning to come to the very first graduation for Westlake Academy on May 23. Texas Gov. Rick Perry and Education Commissioner Robert Scott are among the dignitaries scheduled to attend the event at the Marriott Solana, schools officials said. Former Westlake mayor Scott Bradl...